Sin VS God’s Sovereignty
Romans 11:11-15
Paul just touched on the fact that God is sovereign in the beginning of this chapter. Now, Paul builds upon the work of God and then shows us how the work of man will not thwart His. Even beyond that, God can use our imperfections to bring glory to Him.
First, we see the tragedy of sin. We know from reading the Bible that God hates sin. He has no choice but to let all of us spend eternity in hell for our sins. However, He loves man and makes a way of escape through His Son, Jesus Christ.
Even as forgiven children of God, sin still has a consequence. First, we see the fall, vs. 11. Satan tries to get us to fall and he is a roaring lion who wants to destroy you and I, I Peter 5:8, James 1:13. He also knows our weaknesses. We must remember that greater is God
than he that is in the world, I John 4:4.
Then, we see the loss, vs. 12a. It starts with the fall or the temping away and leads to be diminished or defeated. When we choose to obey Satan rather than God, we also end up defeated and are robbed of God’s grace and His power. Instead of living in the glory of God, we choose to wallow in the muck of despair.
Lastly, we see the casting away, vs. 15a. There is an eternal consequence to sin, but here God is talking about us reaching a point of uselessness. We can reach a point of hardness through which God chooses to no longer work. We become clay unfit to be used.
In conclusion, we see that there are consequences to sin and God even works through our choices of disobedience at times. However, as a long ago friend sang, “It’s never right to do wrong to do right, so do what’s right to do.” I Samuel 15:10-23, I Peter 2:16, I Peter 1:21, 22